Marquise “Hollywood” Brown was the top receiver in this class by most draft experts. The thought of him with the Steelers, Colts or another wide receiver-needy team made it move downstairs for his future fantasy owners. However, we all went from midnight to six when the run-heavy, Lamar Jackson-led Baltimore Ravens called Hollywood’s name at pick No. 25. The receiver’s talent is not the question here. AB’s cousin blew up in his two seasons at Oklahoma by posting 132 rec, 2,413 yds and 17 touchdowns as both Baker Mayfield’s and Kyler Murray’s deep threat. All-in-all, with Jackson throwing the rock in this run-first offense, it’s tough to see any consistent fantasy production on a weekly basis from the former Sooner.

Brown is most often compared to one of the best deep ball receivers ever, DeSean Jackson. If Hollywood didn’t suffer a Lisfranc injury (another red flag), he would have certainly ran in the 4.3s at the NFL Combine. But with Greg Roman calling the shots, it’s going to be a run-first playbook with a quarterback who isn’t a great deep ball thrower. Per Pro Football Focus, Jackson was the league’s least accurate QB last season and when he took over the starting duties, they passed the ball a disgusting 36.3% of the time (league average is 57.6%).

As long as Hollywood is in Baltimore, his fantasy career is going to be the definition of boom-or-bust. Sure, he’ll be able to light up slow corners in plus-matchups and have a handful of 20-plus pt games. However, it’s going to be a frustrating season if you’re forced into starting him on a weekly basis.

Bottom Line: Pass-catching specialist, who? Christian McCaffrey returned to his college workhorse roots under new OC Norv Turner, and quickly put up Fantasy MVP-worthy numbers. He continued to flash his otherworldly receiving abilities, hauling in an NFL record 106 catches for 875 yards and 6 TDs. Yet where the usage really rose was the carries, as McCaffrey nearly doubled his 2017 total for 215 carries, 1080 yards, and 7 scores. These 321 total touches ranked third behind only Ezekiel Elliott and Saquon Barkley, and this newfound volume created the ultimate ceiling / floor combination. In the process, McCaffrey flashed both the elusiveness, breakaway ability, and most shockingly underrated power to redefine the workhorse model.

​New OC Norv Turner deserves immense credit for this outburst. His previous work with LaDanian Tomlinson proved he wasn't afraid to ride a smaller-back, as he's able to scheme his guys in space and in creative outside gaps versus just blasting them up the gut... but even still, never before had an NFL back played nearly 97% of the team's snaps. Yes, this number inevitably will fall in 2019, but McCaffrey should still hover around 85-90%, especially with Turner returning. Expect a similar buffet of weekly volume with the upside for even more efficiency should the Panthers beef up their line while their explosive young wideouts take a next step forward.

Ceiling Projection: 320 touches (100 rec.), 2,000 Tot. Yds, 13 TDs

Floor Projection*: 270 touches (70 rec.), 1600 Tot. Yds, 7 TDs

Actual Projection: 310 touches (90 rec), 1900 Tot. Yds, 12 TDs

*Note - Floors are done without injuries in mind. Of course the lowest floor is torn ACL first play of scrimmage. This assumes 16 games